Take strict action against those parking on footpaths: HC
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The High Court of Karnataka on Wednesday directed the State authorities to make sure that the native authorities and the police division take action against those who park motor automobiles on footpaths because the legislation prohibits parking on footpaths and prescribes penal actions for such violations.
Observing that the obstruction brought on by such parking quantities to violation of basic proper of the residents, the court docket mentioned the police ought to provoke penal action against individuals who park automobiles on footpaths, underneath the related provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act, the Indian Penal Code and the Karnataka Traffic Control Act, 1960.
A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka and Justice Suraj Govindaraj issued the instructions whereas disposing of a petition filed by 68-year-old D.S. Ramachandra Reddy, a city-based advocate.
The petitioner had questioned common parking of automobiles on footpaths in a specific locality and the authorities had taken action against unlawful parking after inspection report by the District Legal Services Authority has discovered unlawful parking on footpaths.
The Bench additionally directed the federal government to situation mandatory communication to the police and different authorities informing them concerning the path of the court docket to successfully implement the legal guidelines that prescribe penal action for parking automobiles on footpaths.
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